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Rights Group: Syrian Government Troops Executed Civilians | Human Rights Watch released a new report today finding that Syrian government forces “summarily executed over 100 — and possibly many more — civilians and wounded or captured opposition fighters during recent attacks on cities and towns.” HRW says that many of the incidents occurred in March in Idlib and Homs. “Government and pro-government forces not only executed opposition fighters they had captured, or who had otherwise stopped fighting and posed no threat, but also civilians who likewise posed no threat to the security forces,” a HRW statement said.